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Updated 23 Feb, 2023 03:18pm

Shehbaz calls party meeting over election case

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif summoned a meeting of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Thursday, as the Supreme Court scheduled suo motu notice on the election delay in KP and Punjab.

The meeting will be held in Islamabad and will discuss political developments with an emphasis on elections in KP and Punjab.

Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial took the notice on Wednesday and constituted a larger bench of nine judges.

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The PML-N has said in recent days that two top court judges, Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan and Justice Mazahar Naqvi, are prejudiced towards the PML-N. Saying that it does not expect justice from these judges, the party has asked the judges to recuse themselves from cases in which PML-N is a party. Both judges are part of the larger bench which will take up the suo motu notice today.

The assemblies in Punjab and KP were dissolved by the PTI in January. However, election schedules have still not been issued despite the constitution clarifying that this must be done within 90 days.

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